In memory of Cooper,
who touched all our lives and gave us a glimpse of angels.

Chapter One

The child came out of
nowhere.

One minute Jake
Townsend was racing down the highway, taking the curves too fast,
tempting fate to spare him one more time, and the next minute he was
swerving toward the ditch. Dirt and gravel spewed up. hitting his
helmet like sudden summer hail. His motorcycle tilted at a crazy
angle.